I agree with what @artofadamada said in the reply to you, to add to that, if someone does go out and retaliate based on that, someone usually notices, shares it around and it might reach a bigger user sooner or later. There's always bigger fish around and lucky for us the bigger ones aren't all assholes on this decentralized internet today so they may help out.
RE: Another post about beneficiary usage which turned into something else